Last Chance Mine

The Last Chance Mine is a silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,659 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Last Chance Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1891
Secondary: Last Chance
Secondary: Clara Sutton

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Pyramid Subdistrict

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Ima And Oran Fairly
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Western Exploration, Inc.
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Supergene Enrichment

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 955 COVERING 31.466 ACRES. VEIN (N60E) ABOUT 300 M. SE OF LEITENDORF VEIN, IN ANDESITE. SUPERGENE ENRICHED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1920 CONSISTED OF A MAIN SHAFT AND AN INCLINED SHAFT WHICH CONTAINED ABOUT 1600 FT. OF DRIFTS ON FOUR WORKING LEVELS.

Comment (Deposit): 1882-1890 PRODUCED $100,000 IN AG, REOPENED IN 1905, ORE SHIPPED 1918-1923, 1929-30. 1919-1920 PRODUCED $93,386 WORTH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62 P.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P334

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION, P 109

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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